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Android developers see a healthy job market, excellent salaries in 2013 and beyond Oct 11th 2013, 22:49, by Nate Swanner Want to develop for Android? There's good news: according to a recent survey, Android developers earn a very decent salary, and the job market is growing rapidly. Best of all, you'll get paid more than an iOS developer! We kid, but the truth is that mobile development in general is a growing segment of the overall job market. According to CyberCoders, the year-over-year expansion is as much as 150%. The survey, which polled more than 10,000 companies that hire candidates to develop specifically for iOS and/or Android, averaged the salary earned as well as hiring data for two slightly different titles. The data, which you can see in the chart below, shows that the average salary for a Developer to be right around $107,000/annually. Their bosses, a Senior Developer, will earn right around $131,000 a year (we're speaking of Android, specifically). While the job market is steady, CyberCoders also expects to see jobs for Senior Developers increase 200% in 2014. If CyberCoders is referring to Hiring Rate as the growth rate for the position, and not the pay rate at which they were hired, we can deduce the job market to be strong. When combines, the average growth rate for Android developers would be around 90%, with Senior Developers seeing a 133% hiring rate to 47% for Developers. While not quite as in-demand as their iOS counterparts, Android developers are certainly seeing their hard work pay off. The tinge in hiring Senior Developers seems to indicate that those doing the hiring are starting to understand the importance of mobile traffic, and want leadership to guide their projects in the right direction. Story Timeline Glass developers given green light to submit Glassware for review Google Analytics now open to Google Play app developers Google Play Games services augmented with new developer tools Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Developer Edition expected "soon" for Verizon Isis mobile payment solution set to launch soon Oct 11th 2013, 22:17, by Nate Swanner Mobile payment solutions are as scattered as they are hard to use. Google has Wallet, which hasn’t found much footing. There are various card readers like Square, but those still require a card to swipe. Then there's Isis, the mobile payment solution from Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. That service was set to launch by the end of the year, and it looks like the launch is coming soon. Said to be out in a few weeks' time, Isis is a lot like Google Wallet: NFC enabled phones can simply tap on a terminal set up to receive payments, and the money is transferred from your account just like a credit card. Isis notes that once launched, subscribers will have access to about 1.3 million payment stations worldwide, and “24 of the top 100 retailers” are on board. While Isis has some strong support from carriers and payment clearing houses like Chase and American Express, bigger names like Capital One and Barclay will not be on board. There is also the Merchant Consumer Exchange, which is a payment system being developed with the support of retailers like Walmart and Target, to complicate the mobile payment space. Though Isis has the support of carriers — which is a large reason Google Wallet has trouble catching on — it's far from the only competition in the mobile payment realm. With mobile payment conglomerates drawing lines in the sand, and many major banks offering their own system, the space is crowded and expanding. Couple that with the shrugged-shoulder response to Isis, and you have a problem. "The new ISIS app looks nice, but doesn’t seem much different than my current Google Wallet experience" said Alex Linebrink, CEO of payment solutions company Core Merchant. His feedback was made after a recent presentation by Isis CEO Michael Abbott, which was reportedly rife with glitches. Though Isis has the support of carriers, and promises widespread support from vendors, there hasn’t yet been a mobile payment solution that has us leaving the plastic at home. If Isis can change that, we'll be surprised. Story Timeline Isis arrives in Salt Lake City and Austin Verizon contradicts itself with ISIS approval and Google Wallet block AT&T LG Optimus G Jelly Bean update arriving with ISIS T-Mobile choosing ISIS over Google Wallet Isis eyes Mobile Wallet national availability later this year

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